Overcoat



Patented Feb. 2, 1937 UNITED STATES ovERcoA'r Conrad B. Shane, Wilmette, Ill., assignor to C. B. Shane Corporation, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application February 11, 1936, SerialNo. 63,382 l 3 Claims.

' This invention relates to an outer garment, such as a topcoat or overcoat. The present improvements have to do with the construction of such a garment by which it may be fitted with a lining removably held in place by hook fasteners. The

principal object of my invention is to so arrange and reinforce the several parts entering into the garment construction as to successfully withstand the tendency of such metallic fasteners to produce a distortion or mal-fitting of the garment when in use.

At the present time topcoats and overcoats having a removable lining secured in place by hook fasteners have' attained considerable popularity.

-in the accompanying drawing wherein- Figure 1 is a view of an overcoat or topcoat, looking toward the inside, and showing the full lining therein partly removed;

Fig. 2 which is a fragmentary view shows one of the garment fronts with aportion thereof broken away to exhibit the canvas front to the inside thereof; and

Figs. 3 and'4 are details in section, on anenlarged scale, taken n lines 3-3 and 4?-4, respectively, of Fig. 1.

The present topcoat and overcoat which is made from suitable fabric material, comprises opposed fronts 4 each having an associated facing 5 which may extend for the full length of the garment,

as is customary.

Between each front and facing is interposed a canvas front comprising, by preference, a sheet 6 of padding and another 1 of canvas. Each canvas front extends from a point adjacent the shoulder' down along the facing well toward the bottom of the garment. It may be secured to both the fabric front and associated facing as by 50 a line of stitching 8 adjacent the free edge of the front, and by a second line of stitching 9 (see Fig. 2) near its upper edge in the shoulder region.

The canvas front is also secured as by an additional line of stitching I0 which connects with the 55 facing only, this latter connection passing through The use of such fasteners, however, involves an l An exemplification of this invention is set forth' a part lining II which underlies the inner enge portion of the facing.

The connection line l0 which extends downwardly from the shoulder region for a substantial distance lies inwardly of the facing edge I2' which 5 is 'remote from the free edge-of the garment front.

As by other connections I3 the facing is secured to a tape I4 which is attached invisibly to' the front along a line which .lies inwardly of the facing edge I2. The portion of the facing which is thus 10 free forms in effect a ap to the under side of which is secured, as by two rows I5 of stitching, a tape I6 which carries a row of metallic hook fasteners I1. This row of fasteners, it will be noted, lies beneath the ap so as to be concealed from view, and also relatively close to the stitching line IIJ which connects the facing to thecanvas front in the upper region of the garment.

The garment full lining I8 is equipped around its edges (except the bottom) with a row of com- '20 plementary hook fasteners I9 adapted to interengage the row of fasteners I1 in response to operations of a slide 2|l. The present garment will, of course, be constructed with the usual arm holes, sleeves, collar, pockets, and other desired features, with none of which this invention is especially concerned.

In use, the rows of interengaging hooks which are disposed in the region of the garment fronts impose an appreciable weight which is confined to a single line that lies close to the' line of stitching I0 that connects only with the reinforcing canvas front. This reinforcement hangs from the shoulder to which it is also secured by a line of stitching, and the result of such upper and longitudinal supports is a smooth and perfect fitting of the garment. The full and unwrinkled appearance that comes from the presence of the canvas front is in nowise impaired or affected by the concentrated load imposed by the metallic 40 fasteners. In this construction I have added no extra parts, nor have I in any way bulged out the construction of the garment,y but have retained only the usual elements which are necessary and desirable for its correct fitting and satisfactory service.

In the preceding description I have referred to connections of stitching which are common at the present time, but obviously any other form of connection which is equally serviceable might be substituted. The essence of this invention appears to be the use of a garment reinforcement in the nature of a canvas front having a connecw tion, closely adjacent the row of metallic fasteners for a substantial distance in the upper region thereof, with. the garment facing in a manner which relieves the fabric front of the garment from sustaining any appreciable part of the load imposed by fasteners of this character. 4 l

I claim:

1. In -an overcoat, the combination with tw l fabric fronts having associated facings extending up from points adjacent the garment bottom and around the shoulders, the inner edge portion of the facing being free whereby to provide a flap, a row of hook fasteners secured beneath the ap and extending continuously therewith from a point adjacent the bottom of one facing, up across the shoulders, and back again to a point adjacent the bottom of the other facing, canvas fronts between the fabric fronts and facings, each extending from aline adjacent the shoulder downwardly well toward the bottom of the associated facing, a line of stitching connecting each canvas front to the proximate fabric front and facing along its top edge, another line of stitching connecting each canvas front only to the facing parallel to the inner edge of the flap, a lining upon the inside of the coat having its edges adjacent the row of hook fasteners and itself provided with a complementary row of hook fasteners, and a slide fastener operable to removably join both rows of hook fasteners whereby to secure the lining in place. l

2. In an overcoat, the combination with two fabric fronts having associated facings each facing being secured at points removed from its.

inner edge whereby to provide a fiap, a row of hook fasteners affixed beneath each ap close to the points of securement, a canvas reinforcement between each front and facing extending downwardly from a point adjacent the shoulder and secured to both the front and facing adjacent its top edge and to the facing alone fora substantial distance adjacent the points of securement of the facing, a lining having a row of hook fasteners complementary to those beneath the aps of the garment, and a slide fastener operable to removably join both rows of hook fasteners whereby to secure the lining in place.

3. In an overcoat. the combination with two fabric fronts having associated facings, a row `of hook fasteners affixed to each facing and ex- CONRAD B. SHANE. 

